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Authoritarianism: A Very Short Introduction
Authoritarianism is one of the buzzwords of our age. But what is it exactly? This Very Short Introduction provides a comprehensive overview of the world of authoritarian regimes, including military, single-party, and personalist regimes. It considers how understandings of authoritarianism have evolved over time, as well as the curious fact that many authoritarian regimes today hold elections. Drawing on examples from Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, and the Middle East, James Loxton examines the life cycle of authoritarian regimes. How are they born? What challenges do they face during life? Why do they die? The author shows how factors such as natural resource wealth and cross-border collaboration can contribute to authoritarian durability. He also highlights the disturbing fact that even when authoritarian regimes collapse, voters often use their newfound democratic rights to send former authoritarian officials back to office.
James Loxton (Author), Grant Cartwright (Narrator)
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The War for Ukraine: Strategy and Adaptation Under Fire
The Russo-Ukraine War is a vital learning opportunity for military strategists across the globe. The first and clearest lesson to be gleaned from it is this: the soundness of a military's strategy and the nimbleness with which it can adapt to unforeseen circumstances are the two most important factors in deciding victory or defeat. The War for Ukraine analyzes the war through these twin lenses of strategy and adaptation, detailing how each army has succeeded or failed to plan for and adapt to this twenty-first century war. Author Mick Ryan examines the foundations of Ukrainian and Russian strategy for their ongoing war, looking back over several decades to reveal how both sides have evolved their military strategy and force structure. Each has undertaken institutional-level reforms of their military and national security enterprises in the decade leading up to this war. But because the emergent behavior of military forces after fighting begins cannot be fully predicted, these prewar reforms only constitute a starting point for adaptation during the war. Central to this discussion are the ways that, regardless of cutting-edge technology, human elements have remained a crucial deciding factor in Ukraine. Ryan shows how good leadership allows a nation to navigate the ambiguity and uncertainty of conflict, while poor leadership leaves it vulnerable to surprises.
Mick Ryan (Author), Grant Cartwright (Narrator)
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Strategy Discovery: Achieving Business Resilience, Engagement and Performance
Personal, useful, actionable, and grounded in research, this book will shift your thinking from 'strategy development' to 'strategy discovery' to enable you to deal with today's business challenges, engage your staff, and boost your business performance. Management teams and boards are facing disruption on all sides, from morphing customer preferences to the COVID pandemic to climate change. At the same time they are floundering in strategy confusion with too many concepts and not enough clarity. In this book, strategy expert and regular Harvard Business Review author Graham Kenny releases managers and directors from their strategy haze. His simple and effective framework allows managers to navigate the current maze of ideas and approaches and maximize their competitive advantage. Kenny's style is equally effective: each chapter begins with an engaging story, then builds on this with cases, client examples, sidebars, and more, ending with a series of action points to provide a pathway to success. CEOs, senior-level, and middle managers across all functions and sectors, including private, public, and not-for-profit organizations, who discuss and set strategy for their organization or business unit will appreciate the articulated framework, illustrative anecdotes, and positive encouragement this book offers.
Graham Kenny (Author), Grant Cartwright (Narrator)
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Entrepreneur Revolution: How to Develop your Entrepreneurial Mindset and Start a Business that Works
In the newly revised third edition of Entrepreneur Revolution: How to Develop Your Entrepreneurial Mindset and Start a Business That Works, serial entrepreneur Daniel Priestley delivers an inspiring and practical book that shows you how to break free from the industrial revolution mindset, quit working so hard, follow your dream, and make a fortune along the way. In the book, you'll find a masterclass in changing how you think, the way you network, and how you make a living. The author provides clear guidance on: - Why this is the greatest time in history to be an entrepreneur - How to spot the right business for you - How to transform a negative event-like a lay-off, recession, or downsizing-into an entrepreneurial opportunity - Strategies for imaginative and creative millennials ready to take charge of their careers Perfect for aspiring and experienced professionals at any stage of their careers, Entrepreneur Revolution will also earn a place on the bookshelves of founders, content creators, business students, young professionals, and veteran managers interested in beginning a new phase of their economic life.
Daniel Priestley (Author), Grant Cartwright (Narrator)
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The New CEO: Lessons from CEOs on How to Start Well and Perform Quickly (Minus the Common Mistakes)
Becoming a CEO is a high-stakes moment, whether it's your first, second, or third time in the seat. What you say and how you act in your early days as CEO sets the tone for how you'll be perceived for years to come. Yet, until now, few CEOs have shared their stories on what worked, what didn't, and what they wish they'd done differently. In The New CEO, Dr. Ty Wiggins, an experienced leadership advisor specializing in CEO transitions, explains how to land well as a new CEO, accelerate your impact, and unlock the most affirming experience of your career. Drawing on compelling storytelling and groundbreaking research of hundreds of CEOs around the world, the book offers a incisive guide on what to say and do as a new CEO, including how to define your priorities, build your team, fast-track critical changes, work with the board, and set (or reset) the organization's culture. You'll also learn why being a CEO is the toughest (and loneliest) job in business-and what to do about it; how to overcome the 'First 100 Days' mindset and pressure for early wins to deliver sustainable, long-term success; and how to avoid getting trapped in the 'CEO Bubble,' as well as how to navigate (inevitable) challenges, knocks, and missteps.
Ty Wiggins (Author), Grant Cartwright (Narrator)
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Ideas to Impact: A Playbook for Influencing and Implementing Change in a Divided World
In From Ideas to Impact, Michael Sheldrick delivers an inspiring and insightful discussion on how to implement social impact by driving policy change. This book reveals key characteristics of successful policy entrepreneurs-visionaries bridging the gap between promises and real-world outcomes. They are practical implementers who put impact first, resisting the urge to pursue the instant dopamine boost that comes from winning arguments at all costs. They are connectors and networkers who build diverse coalitions and broker win-win solutions to address our current implementation crisis. From Ideas to Impact features: - An overview of pressing challenges to avoid, including an obsession with winning arguments at the expense of results and a counterproductive aversion to negotiation - An eight-step playbook offering tools to master policy entrepreneurship, foster cooperation, build bridges, and drive policy implementation beyond stagnation, conflict, and polarization - Diverse examples spanning historical movements like the Transatlantic Slave Trade and FDR's New Deal to contemporary battles for climate justice, coal community transitions, and grassroots gender equality efforts
Michael Sheldrick (Author), Grant Cartwright (Narrator)
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The Shortest History of Sex: Two Billion Years of Procreation and Recreation
From the first microbial exchanges of DNA to Tinder and sexbots, how did sex begin, and how did it evolve to be so varied and complex in humans? What influence do our genetic ancestors have on our current love lives? And what might sex look like in the future? With acuity, humor, and respect for human diversity, The Shortest History of Sex reveals where the many facets of our sexuality-chemical, anatomical, behavioral, social-come from. Chasing down our evolutionary family tree, from the first aquatic creatures to primate societies, David Baker sheds light on our baffling array of passions, impulses, and fetishes, and guides us toward a clear understanding of one of the deepest, most abiding forces of human nature. The Shortest History of Sex also charts how sex changed for humans across the foraging, agrarian, and modern eras, showing how, even as our biology and sexual instincts have remained the same, the current nature of our sex lives has no historical or evolutionary precedent. The result is a revealing, utterly unique insight into history and human behavior-and the profound forces of nature and nurture compelling our most intimate relationships.
David Baker (Author), Grant Cartwright (Narrator)
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The Shortest History of Sex: Two Billion Years of Procreation and Recreation
From the first microbial exchanges of DNA to Tinder and sexbots, how did sex begin, and how did it evolve to be so varied and complex in humans? What influence do our genetic ancestors have on our current love lives? And what might sex look like in the future? With acuity, humor, and respect for human diversity, The Shortest History of Sex reveals where the many facets of our sexuality—chemical, anatomical, behavioral, social—come from. Chasing down our evolutionary family tree, from the first aquatic creatures to primate societies, David Baker sheds light on our baffling array of passions, impulses, and fetishes, and guides us toward a clear understanding of one of the deepest, most abiding forces of human nature. The Shortest History of Sex also charts how sex changed for humans across the foraging, agrarian, and modern eras, showing how, even as our biology and sexual instincts have remained the same, the current nature of our sex lives has no historical or evolutionary precedent. The result is a revealing, utterly unique insight into history and human behavior—and the profound forces of nature and nurture compelling our most intimate relationships.
David Baker (Author), Grant Cartwright (Narrator)
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Enslaved by circumstance. Doomed by fate. Three girls were raised by the same monster. One of them will take her down. Zaina was stolen. Aika was chosen. But Melodi was born to this fate. With both of her sisters gone, the only thing to break Mel's endless silence is the song of the sea that is slowly driving her insane. The song, and the gorgeous Mayiman man who haunts her dreams. Ariihau has a mission, and no part of it involves a connection with the alluring girl he was sent to capture. Now, he's bound to protect her at any cost . . . even if it means betraying the people he has worked his entire life to free. Life in the undersea Kingdom of Mayim is even more brutal than the one Mel has lived on land. Worse, her sisters are still at the mercy of Madame while she is trapped a world away. Helpless. Ari may be her only hope, if she can get past the lies he tells and the secrets he keeps. Meanwhile, Aika and Zaina are headed to take down the monster who raised them, but there are no good choices where Madame is concerned. They might be able to plan the perfect attack, but not without a price. After all, can you really slay a beast without becoming one yourself? Contains mature themes.
Elle Madison, Robin D. Mahle (Author), Grant Cartwright, Shiromi Arserio (Narrator)
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Captain Iridius B. Franklin is dead. After sacrificing his life to save the race of living, time-traveling spaceships known as the Leviathans, the crew of the FSC Deus Ex mourn the loss of their leader. But with Captain Franklin gone, who will defend the galaxy from the impending menace of the Synth-Hastur, the Devourers of the Stars, the Great Living Storm of Steel, the Lords of Interstellar Space, and the Harbingers of Forever War? As the Synth-Hastur begin to exterminate life in the Milky Way, the crew of the Deus Ex faces the monumental challenge of stopping their advance. Yet, as they embark on their mission, they discover the galaxy they once knew has undergone unexpected changes. An old adversary resurfaces with an agenda that will turn the Galactic Federation itself against them. On the run from everything they've ever known, grappling with hidden truths and conflicting loyalties, the shakedowners with a knack for the unconventional embark on a journey to safeguard the galaxy. They will discover that in this galaxy the line between life and death isn't always clear cut and to succeed they'll need to embrace their identity as shakedowners forever.
Justin Woolley (Author), Grant Cartwright (Narrator)
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The Future of the Responsible Company: What We've Learned from Patagonia's First 50 Years
Vincent Stanley, Patagonia's director of philosophy, with Yvon Chouinard, founder and former owner of Patagonia, draws on fifty years' experience to challenge all business owners and leaders to rethink their businesses in a time of cultural and climate chaos. Patagonia has been recognized as much for its groundbreaking environmental, social practices as for the quality of its clothes. In an unprecedented action, in 2022, the Chouinard family gave their company away, converting ownership to a structure of trusts and nonprofits, so that all the profits from the company can be used to protect our planet and work to reverse climate chaos. In this frank account, Stanley with Chouinard recounts how the company and its culture gained the confidence to make its work progressively more responsible, and to ultimately challenge other companies to do the same. The authors describe the current impact of manufacturing, commerce, and traditional capitalism on the planet's natural systems and human communities, and how that impact is forcing business to change its ways. This book shows companies how to reduce the harm they cause, improve the quality of their business, and provide the kind of meaningful work everyone seeks. It concludes with specific, practical steps every business can undertake, as well as advice on what to do, in what order.
Vincent Stanley (Author), Grant Cartwright, Vincent Stanley (Narrator)
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The Wolf Is At the Door: How to Survive and Thrive in an AI-Driven World
When a tranquil Canadian evening takes a sinister turn, an elderly couple becomes ensnared in a cruel deception that exposes the unsettling complexities of AI. Surpassing the scope of science fiction and our brain's ability to comprehend it, AI is on a path to alter society's foundation, adeptly replacing jobs and instigating a major shift in social roles-ushering a new economic era. Yet, few are prepared to adapt. The Wolf Is at the Door invites you on a compelling journey, unveiling this dramatic transformation and providing crucial insights for entrepreneurs and workers alike. Unraveling the boundless possibilities and problems borne by the digital frontier, this book breaks down the 10 most pressing threats we face and ten vital rules to thrive in an AI-driven world. As you explore the latest jaw-dropping developments, you will travel from the bustling center of Manhattan to the tranquil farmlands of Australia, bearing witness to enduring echoes of the past-from the Great Depression to the Industrial Revolution-on a quest to answer the defining questions of our generation. However, caution is necessary. When you meet the wolf, will he morph into an accomplice of immeasurable benefits, or surface as an adversary taking over your job or venture? It's up to you to decide.
Ben Angel (Author), Grant Cartwright (Narrator)
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